Leading Causes of Death. Diabetes: EARLY BLOOD GLUCOSE CONTROL LENGTHENS LIFE IN PEOPLE WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES;
CHRONIC HIGH BLOOD SUGAR MAY BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE DEVELOPING BRAIN OF YOUNG CHILDREN; Tobacco:
State laws prohibiting sales to minors and indoor use of electronic nicotine delivery systems; Discussions between health
care providers and their patients who smoke cigarettes;

Adolescent Health. Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States; Teen dating violence: How
peers can affect risk & protective factors; Teen Birth Rates in the U.S. from 1990 to 2008: The Role of State
Policy, Women's Opportunity and Contextual Factors; Teen birth rates in the U.S. from 1990 to 2008: The role of state policy, women's opportunity and contextual factors. Women's Health Care; TEEN PRESCRIPTION OPIOID ABUSE, CIGARETTE, AND ALCOHOL USE TRENDS DOWN;

AIDS/HIV. Recommendations for HIV prevention with adults and adolescents with HIV in the United States, 2014: Summary for health departments and HIV planning groups;

Child Health. The state of the world's children 2015: Reimagine the future; Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Healthy Schools Program. 2014; Broken promises to our children: A state-by-state look at the 1988 state tobacco settlement 16 years later; Sickle cell trait toolkit; Overview of hospital stays for children in the United States; Vision Screening for Children 36 to <72 Months: Recommended Practices;

Child Welfare. Child welfare outcomes 2009-2012: Report to Congress;

Children with special health care needs. Taking Stock of the CSHCN Screener: A Review of Common Questions and
Current Reflections;

Ebola.http://www.bettycjung.net/Phsited.htm#Ebola (Hundreds of links now available);

Health Economics. Government Insurance; Your Child's Health Care and the Affordable Care Act; The uninsured: A primer Key facts about health insurance and the uninsured in America;

Leading Causes of Death. Stroke: PARAMEDICS MAY BE FIRST LINE OF TREATMENT FOR STROKE. Tobacco: Vital Signs: Disparities in Nonsmokers; Exposure to Secondhand Smoke; United States, 1999-2012;

Adolescent Health. State Policy and Teen Childbearing: A Review of Research Studies; American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Substance Abuse and Committee on Adolescence. 2015. The impact of marijuana policies on youth: Clinical, research, and legal update;

Leading Causes of Death; Cancer. Guidance for Elderly Cancer Survivors; CIRCULATING TUMOR DNA IN BLOOD CAN PREDICT RECURRENCE OF THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF LYMPHOMA; Tobacco. Tobacco Control;

Adolescent Health. Substance use and teen pregnancy in the United States: Evidence from the NSDUH 2002-2012; Hospital Stays for Teen Pregnancy; STUDY DEFINES BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF TEEN BINGE DRINKING;

AIDS/HIV. HIV CAN SPREAD EARLY, EVOLVE IN PATIENTS' BRAINS; FOR MOST CHILDREN WITH HIV AND LOW IMMUNE CELL COUNT, CELLS REBOUND AFTER TREATMENT;

Alcohol Abuse. NIAAA RECOGNIZES ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH 2015;

Children with Special Needs. Reducing Health Insurance Inequities among Latino Families Raising Children with Special Health Care Needs; Improving Access to Coverage for Children with Special Health Care Needs in the Face of Health Inequities: Strategies Reported by Family Leadership Organizations;

Evaluation. Measuring progress towards a population health perspective: A framework for a new type of population health scorecard;

Health Economics. The Newly Insured;

Health Services. No Link Between Limited English Proficiency and Increased Risk of Mortality; Nearly 7.2 percent of the population (22.5 million) paid $2,000 or more in out-of-pocket medical expenses in 2012, compared with 6.9 percent (21.5 million) in 2011; There were 700,100 hospital stays for knee replacements in 2012;

Leading Causes of Death. Cancer, STUDY POINTS TO POSSIBLE TREATMENT FOR LETHAL PEDIATRIC BRAIN CANCER; NIH STUDY FINDS GENETIC LINK FOR RARE INTESTINAL CANCER; Heart Disease. NIH LAUNCHES LARGEST CLINICAL TRIAL FOCUSED ON HIV-RELATED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. Stroke. A SMARTER APPROACH TO STROKE CARE. Tobacco. Nicotine and the developing human: A neglected
element in the electronic cigarette debate; Interventions to reduce harm from smoking with families in infancy and early childhood: A systematic
review; Tobacco use among middle and high school students United States, 2011-2014;

Children Health. Increasing physical activity in children: From evidence to action; Safe Kids Worldwide. 2015; How are CHIPRA quality demonstration states
using quality reports to drive health care improvements for children; A matter of equity: Preschool in America;

Child with Special Health Care Needs. Treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder among children with special health care
needs; Promoting Children's Long-Term Health and Functioning: Applying a Life Course Approach to Pediatric Care for Children with Special Health
Care Needs; Assuring Adequate Health Insurance for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Progress from 2001 to 2009-2010; Assuring adequate health insurance for children with special health care needs: progress from 2001 to 2009-2010;

Health Economics. Children's health insurance: Coverage of services and costs to consumers in selected CHIP and private health plans in five states (report); Children's Health Insurance Program: Effects on coverage and access, and considerations for extending funding (report);

Health Services. Building an equitable health care delivery system: Considerations for state and federal policymakers (briefing);

Maternal Child Health. Zero to Three. 2015. A place to get started: Innovation in infant and toddler state policies (paper); Zero to Three. 2014-. The magic of everyday moments: Seeing is believing (video series). Zero To Three. Multiple items; Trends in contraceptive and preconception care in United States ambulatory practices. Family Medicine; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion;

Women's Health. TELL-TALE BIOMARKER DETECTS EARLY BREAST CANCER; PELVIC PAIN MAY BE COMMON AMONG REPRODUCTIVE-AGE WOMEN.

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Data. AHRQ Stats: Mortality Rate for Heart Failure and Stroke:

Leading Causes of Death. Diabetes: MORE THAN HALF OF ASIAN AMERICANS WITH DIABETES ARE UNDIAGNOSED. High Blood Pressure: LANDMARK NIH STUDY SHOWS INTENSIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MANAGEMENT MAY SAVE LIVES. Tobacco: TEENS USING E-CIGARETTES MAY BE MORE LIKELY TO START SMOKING TOBACCO;

Child Health. MORE THAN 1 IN 20 U.S. CHILDREN HAVE DIZZINESS AND BALANCE PROBLEMS;

Health Services. Potentially preventable hospital stays � those that might be prevented with good outpatient care -- decreased at a faster rate (19 percent) than overall hospital stays (8 percent) between 2005 and 2012; Among adults with multiple chronic conditions, nearly two-thirds reported that their providers
always listened carefully and showed respect for what they had to say during health care visits in 2012.

Maternal Child Health. ADVISING MOMS NOT TO BED SHARE WITH INFANTS DOES NOT DISCOURAGE BREASTFEEDING; PRENATAL STEROIDS LOWER RISK OF RESPIRATORY ILLNESS IN LATE PRETERM INFANTS;

Mental Health. TEAM-BASED TREATMENT FOR FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS FOUND TO BE HIGH VALUE; The USPSTF has released a new recommendation on the Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS): - Depression in Adults, Screening, 2016; SCHIZOPHRENIA'S STRONGEST KNOWN GENETIC RISK DECONSTRUCTED - Suspect gene may trigger runaway synaptic pruning during adolescence;

Malaria. INVESTIGATIONAL MALARIA VACCINE PROTECTS HEALTHY U.S. ADULTS FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR;

Senior Health. Inappropriate Medications Prescribed for Seniors; AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION BEFORE AND AFTER THE ERA OF ANTI-VEGF DRUGS;

Women's Health. Women's Access to Health Care;
Women were more likely than men to delay or go without needed medical care, dental care or prescription medicines from 2005 to 2012. Women were also more likely to cite financial or insurance reasons for not having a source of care from 2002 to 2012. (Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report, Chartbook on Women's Health Care.); GREENNESS AROUND HOMES LINKED TO LOWER MORTALITY.

Leading Causes of Death. Cancer: INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION TO CREATE NEW CANCER MODELS TO ACCELERATE RESEARCH. Diabetes. Diabetes Care for Children
and Young Adults; GENETICS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES REVEALED IN UNPRECEDENTED DETAIL. Stroke: NEW IMAGING METHOD MAY PREDICT RISK OF POST-TREATMENT BRAIN BLEEDING AFTER STROKE;

Mental Health. BRAIN BIOMARKERS COULD HELP IDENTIFY THOSE AT RISK OF SEVERE PTSD;

Neurological Health. MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS COMMON FOLLOWING MILD HEAD INJURY; DOES INTENSIVE BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL REDUCE DEMENTIA?; NEW FINDINGS REVEAL SURPRISING ROLE OF THE CEREBELLUM IN REWARD AND SOCIAL BEHAVIORS;

Memory. WANT TO LEARN A NEW SKILL? TAKE SOME SHORT BREAKS; OUR BRAINS MAY RIPPLE BEFORE REMEMBERING;

Substance Abuse. OPIOID EPIDEMIC IS INCREASING RATES OF SOME INFECTIOUS DISEASES Health, substance use professionals must work together to thwart public health crisis; Hospital Costs for Mental and Substance Use Disorders;

Vaping. Some E-cigarette Users Are Having Seizures, Most Reports Involving Youth and Young Adults;